Today I found my new glass earring(body jewelry type,thick and heavy 4 guage size)in my rat's cage.It fell out of my ear when I was asleep,and Cairo stole it and stashed it in his cage!He lives in the top of a FN,so it would have been alo work for him carrying that heavy thing while climbing up the side of the cage!Crazy rattie!

My rats also steal erasers (that I have laying around,because I like to chew on them,yeah,I'm weird,don't ask).They really love those for some reason.They even play tug-o-war when you grab it to get it away!I find them hidden under the pillows on my couch all the time!

What is the weirdest thing your rats have ever stolen?

What's their favorite thing to steal?Even if it's a favorite food they steal from their buddies.

Where do they stash it?



*Edited to change the subject line from "so" to "do" because it was driving me nuts!

none of my current rats like to steal stuff and stash it *that i know of*, but my first rat Jane used to take any and everything shiny (pins, tin foil, coins) and even other things like playing cards.... One night my boyfriend and i were playing poker with dimes, Jane had a hay day running up and grabbing the money and the cards then taking off with them. and one night she grabbed the little plastic cover for my Ipod and I honestly haven't seen it since!!!

My girls used to steal and stash important papers off my desk,and use them as bedding..They just stick their little hands through the bars,and pull.. I gotta remember to move their cage away from my desk..Food is most common,and also the toys I buy for them,they pee and stash,that's their way..

My Smudge tries to steal my earrings - out of my ears.  Particularly if they are dangling.
And the boys try to take away the buttons on my shirt.

Would be easier if they would steal something not attached to me!

  This is the funniest thing tat happened to me.  I was taking a shower and my two boys were playing on the bathroom floor.  I heard noises and decided to peek out and see what they were doing.  I watched Ethan jump out of the little garbage basket with a Q-tip and put it in my boot, then go back to the trash and get a tissue and do the same thing.  I couldn't believe the amount of trash I emptied out of that boot.   

Remmy likes to try and make off with my lighters when I leave them on my desk. The girls don't play anywhere but on my bed so I've been okay there. The night I forgot to close the cage Remmy had stashed a bunch of zipties and unemployment papers behind my computer.

One thing I'm REALLY glad I noticed was Ike stealing two $100 bills off the top of my dresser! They were the deposit I got back from my recent car purchase, and I'd just set them on the dresser that day. I looked over and they weren't there, and looked down to see Ike doing the "ratty carrying something bigger than himself run" with my money is his mouth! He was running to stash it under the dressing table where he puts lab blocks and other paper.

The most EMBARASSING thing my rats have stolen? Um, trying to keep this a PG forum...my Trouble got into the drawer by the bed and chewed open the packages for a number of, er, male contraceptive devices, and stashed some in the underwear drawer she likes to burrow and stash in. What a surprise I had when I opened that drawer!!  

Other popular items? Earplugs are fun, money or any paper, and shiny coins.

celia used to steal and stash pen lids, I think she was my only object stasher

My rats don't really come into contact with any of my stuff, because I don't want it chewed/peed on...

This is so funny!I loved all of your stories!Prophilatics?Hundred dollar bills?Dimes?Tax papers?jewelry?I think it's so interesting how our rats all love so many varieties of "stashing"stuff.Pretty strange!

My rats seem to enjoy trying to steal anything attached to me - my rings, my necklace, my watch, my earrings, my nose stud, the little barbell in my eyebrow, my shirt, my pants, my glasses when I'm wearing them, my fingernails. One girl (I can't remember if it was Kiyone (RIP) or Isane; I just know it was a smeeze) managed to pull the drawstring out of my hood once. She was so determined to have that I let her keep it. She stashed it in their igloo, with the food. They'll steal the cat toys, too, sometimes.
They also like paper products. Little Jun-Jun (RIP) was the only rat we had at the time who loved to wander the house; she would go into my room, dig around for paper (in my book bag, on my floor, wherever she could find it) and even if it was a full sheet of paper (I think especially because it was), she would grab it and do that hop-across-the-floor-with-the-thing-that's-five-times-her-size run/hop back into the living room and try to take it into her cage. Usually, it was homework she grabbed, so I couldn't let her keep it - wouldn't that be something to tell my teacher: "my rat ate my homework" .
Ukitake loves to steal and stash food. He'll take it no matter where he is and try to get back to his cage to store it in the igloo on the bottom level. He tried to take off with a whole chocolate-brownie-bar thing once; mom wasn't thinking when she set him down next to it and he didn't hesitate to grab it and run off. He didn't get far, though, since the bar was as big as he is

Oreo has a penchance for Kleenex.  I did not realize this until I had a rattie missile launch at my face when I tried to blow my nose...

He jumped and tried to grab it, then was franticly dancing around, going "Gimmie! Gimmie! Mine?  Mama, PLEASE!"  I gave him his own, and he raced over to hide it under his pillow.  On the way, he managed to step on it and tear it.  He dove under the pillow, but immediately popped back out looking very confused.  All he wound up with was a small torn corner of Kleenex.  He made three trips to gather the entire tissue because he kept "tripping" on it and tearing it   

I now know that if I need to blow my nose, Oreo needs a Kleenex too.. LOL

Pure Rose,that was funny,about the biscuit!  :oDon't you just love when they try to carry big stuff!It's so cute!